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Recent observations of DESI hint that dark matter (DM) may not be cold but have a non-zero equation of state (EoS) parameter, and that dark energy (DE) may not be a cosmological constant. In this work, we explore the possibility of a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-03 Tian-Nuo Li , Peng-Ju Wu , Guo-Hong Du , Yan-Hong Yao , Jing-Fei Zhang , Xin Zhang

We investigate potential deviations from cold dark matter (CDM) using the latest Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO) measurements from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI). Analyzing DESI data alone constrains the dark matter…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-22 Utkarsh Kumar , Abhijith Ajith , Amresh Verma

The nature of dark matter remains one of the most fundamental and unresolved questions in modern cosmology. In most cosmological models, dark matter is typically modeled as pressureless dust with an equation of state (EoS) parameter $w_{\rm…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-22 Tian-Nuo Li , Yi-Min Zhang , Yan-Hong Yao , Peng-Ju Wu , Jing-Fei Zhang , Xin Zhang

This article questions the common assumption of cold dark matter (DM) by exploring the possibility of a non-zero equation of state (EoS) without relying on any parametric approach. In standard cosmological analyses, DM is typically modeled…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-01 Mazaharul Abedin , Luis A. Escamilla , Supriya Pan , Eleonora Di Valentino , Weiqiang Yang

Comprehensive cosmological analysis of an effective non-standard dark matter(NSDM) model, characterized by an equation of state $w_{\mathrm{dm}} = w_2 a^2$, which allows for mild deviations from the previously assumed pressureless cold dark…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-06 Hao Xu , Xinhe Meng

This study investigates the potential of a cosmological model termed $\Lambda w$DM, in which a cosmological constant play the role of dark energy and dark matter is barotropic and has a constant equation of state parameter ($w_{\rm dm}$),…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-02 Yan-Hong Yao , Jian-Qi Liu

Although $\Lambda$CDM model is very successful in many aspects, it has been seriously challenged. Recently, warm dark matter (WDM) remarkably rose as an alternative of cold dark matter (CDM). In the literature, many attempts have been made…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-28 Hao Wei , Zu-Cheng Chen , Jing Liu

Recent measurements of Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO) from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Survey (DESI DR2), combined with data from the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and Type Ia supernovae (SNe), challenge the $\Lambda$-Cold Dark…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-16 Agripino Sousa-Neto , Carlos Bengaly , Javier E. Gonzalez , Jailson Alcaniz

Exotic dark matter (EDM) refers to a dark matter species whose equation of state deviates from zero at late times. This behavior enables it to model a variety of non-standard late-time cosmologies, offering alternatives to various dark…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-24 Matteo Braglia , Xingang Chen , Abraham Loeb

We revisit a cosmological model where dark matter (DM) and dark energy (DE) follow barotropic equations of state, allowing deviations from the standard $\Lambda$CDM framework (i.e. $w_{dm} \neq 0$, $w_{de} \neq -1$), considering both flat…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-24 Dorian Araya , Cristian Castillo , Genly Leon , Juan Magaña , Angie Barr Domínguez , Miguel A. García-Aspeitia

We present observational constraints on the Bound Dark Energy Cold Dark Matter (BDE-CDM) model using DESI DR2 baryon acoustic oscillation measurements combined with Planck CMB data and Type Ia supernovae compilations (PantheonPlus, Union3,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-15 Axel de la Macorra , Jose Agustin Lozano Torres

We consider a 12-parameter cosmological model with non-phantom dynamical dark energy (NPDDE), where non-phantom implies that the equation of state (EoS) of dark energy (DE), $w(z)\geq-1$ for all redshifts $z$. Thus, the DE EoS covers the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-20 Shouvik Roy Choudhury , Teppei Okumura , Keiichi Umetsu

While cold dark matter is widely supported by a range of cosmological observations, it encounters several difficulties at smaller scales. These issues have prompted the investigation of various alternative dark matter candidates, leaving…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-23 Jian-Qi Liu , Yan-Hong Yao , Yan Su , Jia-Wei Wu

Dark matter (DM) as a pressureless perfect fluid provides a good fit of the standard $\Lambda$CDM model to the astrophysical and cosmological data. In this paper, we investigate two extended properties of DM: a possible time dependence of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-31 Suresh Kumar , Rafael C. Nunes , Santosh Kumar Yadav

We use a combination of Planck cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy data and non-CMB data that include Pantheon+ type Ia supernovae (SNIa), Hubble parameter [$H(z)$], growth factor ($f\sigma_8$) measurements, and a collection of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-25 Chan-Gyung Park , Javier de Cruz Perez , Bharat Ratra

In this paper, we study a model which is composed by the cosmological constant and dark matter with nonzero equation of state parameter, which could be called as $\Lambda$wDM. In the synchronous gauge, we obtain the perturbation equations…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-01 Weiqiang Yang , Lixin Xu

In this paper, we loosen the zero equation of state of dark matter to a constant $w_{dm}$. By using the currently available cosmic observations which include the type-Ia supernovae, the baryon acoustic oscillation, the WiggleZ measurements…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-11 Lixin Xu , Yadong Chang

It is well known that there are several long-standing problems implying the discordance of the $\Lambda$CDM model. Although most of the models proposed to resolve these problems assume that dark matter is pressureless, it is still possible…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-31 Yan-Hong Yao , Jun-Chao Wang , Xin-He Meng

Analyses by the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) collaboration suggest a significant deviation from the $\Lambda$CDM model when their baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) measurements are combined with Planck cosmic microwave…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-07 Da-Chun Qiang , Jing-Yi Jia , Hao Wei

Cold Dark Matter (CDM) is a crucial constituent of the current concordance cosmological model. Having a vanishing equation of state (EoS), its energy density scales with the inverse cosmic volume and is thus uniquely described by a single…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-11 Michael Kopp , Constantinos Skordis , Daniel B. Thomas , Stéphane Ilić
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